TABLE 3.
DAN‐to‐left‐angular‐gyrus functional connectivity associated with language and reading scores
| Pearson's r | r 2 | F (df 1 = 1, df 2 = 73) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Language abilities | |||
|
Spelling WJ spelling—Standard score |
.510 | .260 | 27.009*** |
|
Oral comprehension WJ passage comprehension—Standard score |
.475 | .226 | 22.479*** |
|
Phoneme deletion CTOPP elision—Scaled score |
.356 | .127 | 11.165*** |
| Reading | |||
|
Word reading TOWRE SWE—Standard score |
.567 | .322 | 36.516*** |
|
Pseudoword reading TOWRE PDE—Standard score |
.547 | .299 | 32.896*** |
|
Word and nonword reading ability TOWRE SWE PDE—Standard score |
.466 | .217 | 21.324*** |
|
Reading comprehension TOSREC percentile |
.482 | .232 | 22.99*** |
|
Letter and word reading WJ letter word—Standard score |
.578 | .334 | 38.64*** |
Note: Correlation coefficient and Linear Regression analyses for the different behavioral test scores and the average functional connectivity value of the DAN‐to‐left‐angular‐gyrus during the Deleted condition. Bonferroni Type I error correction applied. ***p < .001.
Abbreviations: CTOPP, Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing; DAN, dorsal attention network; PDE, Phonemic Decoding Efficiency; SWE, Sight Word Efficiency; TOSREC, Test Of Silent Reading Efficiency and Comprehension; TOWRE, Test of Word Reading Efficiency; WJ, Woodcock‐Johnson IV Test of Achievement.